NEW OCCIDENTAL HOTEL

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 204, 22 May 1908, Page 9

NEW OCCIDENTAL HOTEL

OBJECTION TO CRANT OF LICENSE. . CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION. ■..At: meeting :pf the City Coun•<n]:;it.';was 'resolved,/on tho motion of the ; Mayor, as follows, ■ r ■ ■■■; ,"Tho Wellington: City Council. hereby: . v resolves to.authonso the Town Clerk to .. . pbject . on i.behali. of: tho ■ ratepayers. of I that-part of tho_ City of Wellington com- _ prised in. tho Wellington Licensing Dis- . .trict, to tho granting ofarcertilicate auv-' the granting of a -publican's lioeaise for • tho now Occidental Hotel, on . ; tho'.following grounds •— . -> i"(!) Tliilt.. tho ■licensing of tho said .house .is ■. not required in tho neighbour-' hood ; and %V- ■••>>(2) That, thoyquiot-of the .place in . r v.Tv-lixcJi sueh''proiriises >aro 'situate will bo disturbed, if a license is granted." ■ . With' reference t-6 the matter; tho following communication has been forwarded by : the .Town Clerk .to tho Licensing Commit-' /tee:—'' ■>-- ■ "Sir, —Ro application ■ for renewal of Oc- ., cidental Hotel liqenso. fiiid application for new license for new. Occidental Hotel. - "I.iave the hohour by the direction of the Wellington 'City ,Council : to bring- t-cr your following;facts.in relation to these applications:— . . .. " (I) That I am. adrisod . and believe that . to remove the Oc-cidental-Hotel 'from the present premises, • where ithei business or a. hotelkeop'er has, been ,carncd; ; on for over a-quarter or a century,..and'such, business ,was : being carried on iat; the : .time; the lea so. hereinafter, 'mentioned.. i>;As granted, to'.premises at, the corner of.Lambton Quay and Ballance Street; V-"-(2) .'That. the, licensee of. r -the Occidental Hotel ;is /applying for', a. new. liponse for the 'New.. Occidental Hotel,' and, .at tho same time,.- v is'/app]yingf for a renewal of the old Occidental Hotel... ■. - / (3) That-iho application for renewal will, ,in all; probability, .be .dropped if the Committee, consent to that Course, .in orderto enable a new license to be granted for the now Occidental: Hotel..•• • . ).' '; ">'(4) That .the 'course. proposed is an eva.sion/of- tb&vprovisions -of the Licensing" Act dealing .with removals of licenses. . ;-i "((>)._ That-tho Wellington City Corporation is;; subject to a lease.to one Sidney Diamond for, a of 21. years, from December 31, 1892,- with right to have a hew term put-up -for . auction at an upset ground rent; ana subject to '.valuation for buildings and . imvproj;emonts -of- .brick, stone, -, or concrete, or ;' v other ; .equally, durable material,- the owner in • fee. Miriple'of- tho premises on which the pre>eent : Occidental Hotel stands; ' and that the cstate of the citizens in the said land would be seriously diminished in valuo if the license of tho Occidental Hotel were allowed to lapse. "(6) .That^the/licensee of the Occidental • Hotel.us.ithe h6!der::of. a monopoly from His Majesty the Jung.; and that as snch holder he -.shouklbe made to- ooiiservo tho interest i of..,tho;pnblic as far'as : possible,: : fp; That.,the- grant', of . license ,is - in' .-the discretion-of-,the Committee.. See. section .! "75 of 'Tho ■ Licensing' Act, 1881'/' - r ■■. '■ Committee shall.. /exereise-'tlioir 'discretion in granting or/. '//•refusing toy /certificate' for "any; descrip-.i ; ; tion\ of/license, and shall.not. be obliged • : t-o/grant tho same merely because tho ./■-Requirements' of tho law ; as 'to accommo- . . dation or personal fitness of-tho applicant'are fulfilled,'unless,'in their opinion, , thereas ■avnecessity for:tho publicliouso or other establishment for the sale of in- ■. ... which, application . is made.' . /• - - r-,'.'!;(8) That ..the -have power to .take 'any-objections-under section 63 :of the 'Aot ■ ''.*<63:,-Notwithstanding -anything ; in this Act. contained /the Licensing Committee irfay "of their own motion take 110tice~)jf; aijy.v.matter- or. thing which, in . ; would..;be'- ; an <to ■ s thp-.granting ,of - a.license,., or- -to . the re-,, ; ' E<swal,.,..transfer,'.or-'remoyal. of : 'a license./: as.;by-/this'"'Act :is provided. In any such case, the Licensing Committee '■ shall inform the applicant, and. shall ad- x journ of.:the ..application, if requested by tho applicant, for any; period'iioj;''less-than r seven days, an^L • 'not-' exceeding fourteen - days; in order : that-'tho person-affected by any 'such'/ . matter.of objection may- ftaye'ah "bppor 7 ■ tunity, of replying'to'tne same.' .... .'' •"(0) The objections which may be taken to . the. .by objectors may bo" ono-or. moro of the following:— ■ • >' " '.(1) Thai, the applicant is of bad fame• : or,character,' 6r of .drunkeii habits, or has. ■-.■ ;• previ<Siisly forfeited,a license, or. that the...: . applicant. haSj bwir. 'convlcted 'of selling • liquor without a license jvithin a period of threo years, or,'. / ; f','(2) That premises .in question are outi of : ropair, : 'or 'have not the ac.comnicdation liereby required, or reason- •: ablel'.aocommodation. if/tho/premises 1 ' he ; ;'.not subject to,, the. said, requirements, 'Or,. 1 i.;" ■'(3) '.That the licepsuig. thereof, is not. ■ required ;in ; tho noiglibourhood, or that . 'the prpmisesj-are in ;, the. immediate" vicin-. . . . ity .of a.-place of;-public .worship, hospital, .•• or. school,xor that the'quiet of'the-.place ' in which such/premises are ■ situate .will-, bo* disturbed if. a licenso is granted.' '.'(10), That the-Council desires that these facts should be;, communicated in writing to each • member of the Licensing Committee, and .1 .am sending : a.-copy, of. this, letter -to «ach member accordingly. ■.../.. : - '.'."i iiavo tho .lionour to be, sir, . /'.'■. .'■ - "Your obedient-servaut, r :: . • |i ; '',' • "JOHN R. PALMER, "Town Clerk."